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CU Researcher Wins International Award for PhD Thesis 22 Jun 2015

Coventry University's research Dr Jeane Gerard has received the coveted Richard Block Award for her PhD thesis. 

7/7 Reflections 07 Jul 2015

Ten years on from devastating events of 7/7, the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University take a look at where we are now. A decade in reflection.

ESRC Keywords 'Ethics' Seminar: Findings 14 Jul 2015

The recent ESRC keywords ‘ethics’ seminar has published a report detailing the findings of the session.

BT Tower Talk 09 Jul 2015

From ethical hackers to the Dark Net: cyber security today.

The Big Question. Lecture Series. The US Presidential Election 2016. Fact or fiction? 17 Mar 2016

In the USA Republicans and Democrats are fighting to select their candidate for President. From Donald Trump to Bernie Sanders, unexpected candidates have come to the fore. Controversy, criticism and confusion have dominated the headlines and thrown the future of American politics up in the air. But what is fact and what is fiction?

Matt Qvortrup has been appointed co-editor of European Political Science Review 19 Oct 2016

Matt Qvortrup, Chair of Applied Political Science at CTPSR, has been appointed co-editor of European Political Science Review starting on 1 January 2017.

Prof. Hazel Barrett represents Coventry University at Change Plus Kickoff Meeting in Berlin 22 Jan 2016

Prof Hazel Barrett was pleased to represent Coventry University alongside all the partners of the Chang Plus project.

Call for papers: Arend Lijphart Symposium 02 Mar 2016

The Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, at Coventry University, is delighted to present the symposium, Arend Lijphart Power-Sharing and the Politics of Intercultural Dialogue.

Strengthening financial health in the UK 01 Jan 2016

Join our question and answer session on Twitter on Wednesday 16th November 2016 from 12-1pm to discuss financial capability and key issues around personal finance, using #askCBiS. 

International Association of Knowledge Management 17 Oct 2016

Dr Alexeis Garcia-Perez recently ran a doctoral workshop in the lead up to the 17th European Conference on Knowledge Management.

CBiS Research Seminar Series 05 Jul 2016

Learn about our CBiS Research Seminar Series and how you can get involved.

ITS Market Watch: Valuable insights from 4 case studies across Europe 01 Nov 2017

The market for ‘Intelligent Transport Systems’ (ITS) is changing rapidly: topics like urbanisation, sustainability and digitalisation are changing the environment as well as the near future. Despite the investments in technology development and feasibility demonstrations, the systematic market penetration of ITS applications remains a major challenge.

Coventry University to play five-year host to UN academic council 01 Jan 1753

Coventry University’s Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) has been selected to host the headquarters of the prestigious Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) for five years starting in 2018. The university’s research centre, which is based on its Technology Park and which specialises in trust, peacebuilding and human security, will assume the role of secretariat to ACUNS from next year. 

The ‘SMART’ way of assessing the sustainability of English and Welsh farms. 02 Jan 2017

Holistic sustainability assessment of farms in the UK managed according to Permaculture principles and compared to certified organic and conventional farms using the Swiss SMART indicator system (Sustainability Monitoring Assessement RouTine).

Life on the Breadline: Christianity, Poverty and Politics in the 21st Century city

The aim of this project is to understand how the social context resulting from the 'age of austerity' has affected Christian engagement with poverty in the UK and the theological motivations, which underpin it. 

What the Prevent duty means for schools and colleges in England: An analysis of educationalists’ experiences 04 Jul 2017

New report from CTPSR seeks to get beyond the polarised public debate about the Prevent duty to explore the experiences of ‘front line’ education professionals.

Professor Heaven Crawley joins the Overseas Development Institute 30 Jan 2017

Professor Heaven Crawley has joined the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) as a Senior Research Associate to develop and strengthen links with the newly established migration research programme.

CTPSR at the Guardian University Awards 31 Mar 2017

Coventry University has been shortlisted for a prestigious award by the Guardian for the impact of its research shedding light on the dynamics of Europe’s migration crisis.

Petals - FGM web app for young people wins Gold London Design Award 24 Nov 2016

In the Digital community category, the app, created to help protect young girls and women from female genital mutilation (FGM), has beaten off stiff competition to win a 2016 London Design Award.

Coventry Researcher Bastien Dieppois awarded Stanley Jackson Prize 11 Nov 2016

Regarding his last paper identifying the climate processes driving decadal timescale fluctuations in southern African rainfall and droughts, Dr Bastien Dieppois has recently been awarded the Stanley Jackson prize. This prize rewards the annual best and most significant contribution in oceanography and atmospheric sciences (including environmental and hydrological sciences) in southern Africa.